ELRC 202324 Annual Report

EDUCATION LABOUR RELATIONS COUNCIL | 2023/24 ANNUAL REPORT

Collective Bargaining Services: Western Cape

Deviation from planned target to Actual Achievement for 2023/2024

Actual Achievement 2023/2024

Programme Performance Indicator

Planned Target 2023/2024

Comment on deviations

Actual Achievement 2022/2023

Status

Safety in schools Monitoring report on the

Achieved Reports on school safety activities were presented by the Employer at the quarterly Chamber meetings on: • 22 June 2022 • 22 September 2022 • 7 December 2022 • March 2023 Task team meeting reports were presented to the quarterly Chamber meetings on: • 22 June 2022 • 22 September 2022 • 7 December 2022 • March 2023

Achieved Reports on school safety activities were presented by the Employer at the quarterly Chamber meetings on: • 13 June 2023 • 15 August 2023 • 27 November 2023 • 4 March 2024 Task team meeting reports were presented at the quarterly Chamber meetings on: • 20 June 2023 • 14 September 2023 • 28 November 2023 • 14 March 2024

Reports (4)

None

implementation of the Nine-Point Safe Schools planning process is available

Overview of Performance of Western Cape Chamber for the 2023/24 Financial Year Challenges during the financial year under review related to the late submission of reports from both the employer and employee parties. The late submission was mainly due to the Parties’ hectic organisational operations. Notwithstanding this challenge, the Western Cape Chamber achieved all the predetermined targets once again. Appreciation should be expressed to all the Parties for their steadfast commitment to ensuring that the Chamber’s operations were not compromised. During an extremely challenging period, this Chamber successfully navigated to adjust the parties’ organisational commitments and that of the Provincial Education Labour Relations Council. Post Provisioning The Minister for Education in the Western Cape concluded his consultations on the 2024 Affordable Basket of Posts on 18 August 2023 with Unions and School Governing Body Associations (SGBs) and declared that the 2023 Affordable Basket of Post provisioning of 36 417 educator posts will be retained for the 2024 academic year. The Head of Education consulted on the distribution of the 2024 Affordable Basket of Posts on 22 September 2023. At this consultation meeting all stakeholders were informed of the cost containment measures that would be implemented from 01 April 2024. To maintain stability at schools for the 2024 academic year, the Department proposed the following: Stop provisioning for substitutes and monitor the impact on the school level. Post-level 1 vacancies can only be filled through following a formal recruitment and selection process. A post-level 1 post will not be allocated for acting positions against vacant substantive Senior Management Team (SMT) posts, except for principal posts. Conversion appointment of PL1 educators on contract against vacant substantive posts will be implemented. A shift of unallocated office-based educator posts to growth provision will also be factored-in. Shift all Grade R posts in the basket of posts to growth provision (manage

81